I saw them in Vienna and they absolutely rocked!!!! Can't wait for them to come back to Europe!!
Dienstag, 13. Dezember 2011
Shantoine!!!
Anyone who is in the Area (it's in Las Vegas, Baby!) and wants to Party really hard should consider going there!!! I would if it wasn't about 10000 miles away and flights wouldn't be insanely expensive *sigh*
I saw them in Vienna and they absolutely rocked!!!! Can't wait for them to come back to Europe!!
I saw them in Vienna and they absolutely rocked!!!! Can't wait for them to come back to Europe!!
Sonntag, 11. Dezember 2011
Goodbye
This Video was taken at the last show of 30 Seconds to Mars. After the last full show which everyone could attend via VyRt Mars played two more shows at St. Peters of Chelsea Church in NYC. the last shows was a tribute show for Haiti, all the money they earned will be used to help people in Haiti.
The song is called "a Modern Myth" and is one of my favourites from the Album "A Beautiful Lie", what makes it so sad is, that most of the text is just "Goodbye". I am sure playing it as the last song during her last show must have been very emotional. At Church of Mars on Dec. 9th Jared said the following before playing the song:
and here is the Video (I know it is not the best quality but oh well):
The song is called "a Modern Myth" and is one of my favourites from the Album "A Beautiful Lie", what makes it so sad is, that most of the text is just "Goodbye". I am sure playing it as the last song during her last show must have been very emotional. At Church of Mars on Dec. 9th Jared said the following before playing the song:
"I know what the last song is but I don't want to play it because that means it is over. My fingers won't play the chords."
and here is the Video (I know it is not the best quality but oh well):
(c) www.youtube.com
Irene
Crazy Girls
I wrote most of this post yesterday evening but at some point was too tired to finish it, but here it is:
I had the time of my life today...it was such a great day and I am sad it is over. I am sitting on my couch now, posting on Facebook with my girls and wishing I could still be with them.
We had planned a Meeting in Nürnberg with a few Echelon at the end of October, not knowing it would be right after the last Mars Show, even before I started my crazy "4 week journey to Mars" or before I became such good friends with Patrizia and my emotional turmoil and everything.
As you can imagine my hubby was NOT amused when I reminded him this week, that the meeting is this weekend. Even more so when I told him a few of the girls would already be there friday night and that I will be going downtown to meet them at the Hostel they are staying at plus I won't be home saturday afternoon and evening. But to my surprise he was pretty cool with it after I let him do his thing all morning (he wanted to do some work in the backyard and finish one of his projects).
So on Friday I left when the kids went to bed and spend a few hours with the girls at the hostel, we talked and laughed and listened to Mars and chatted online with our friends on Facebook and I had a really, really good time. I met Patrizai again, who I hadn't seen for a whole week and totally missed. I also met Bine for the first time, we had been friends online for a while and we have had a lot of phone conferences with Patrizia. I already liked her a lot from just knowing her online because she is such a sweety and crazy and always in a happy mood.
Today I left when the kids went to take a nap after lunch and got to the restaurant we wanted to meet around 3 pm. 6 of the girls were already there, Jessi, Bine and Patrizia plus Nici,Tanja and Sandra. A while later 4 more girls came and we left to stroll through downtown for a while. We got something to drink and then took a few group pictures, also one while making a Human Triad. To explain what that is you have to know what a Triad is, it is one of the signs the band uses in their symbolism.
A Human Triad means that we make a Triad Shape ourselves and someone takes a picture from above. We tried it and I hope it turned out good, i haven't seen the pics yet. We also sat down and sang a few Mars songs, just like those street musicians, one of the girls had brought her guitar and we filmed it and might put it online. Later we all went to the Hostel to talk some more and laugh and sing a few more songs. I haven't laughed that much in a long time and I had such a great time today. Even if I spend it with people who are mostly strangers to me. We all share the same thoughts, and dreams and have the same kind of humor (which is a little weird and dirty, but oh well). I absolutely like that fact that we understand each other even without words sometimes. We all follow the band closely so it can happen that someone says something like "remember the concert in Frankfurt, you know when "thisandthat" happened" and it will start a conversation which can last for hours because we were all there (or most of us) even without knowing each other and even might have been standing or sitting close to each other. Being part of the Echelon means being part of a great community of people and I really enjoy it.
I am sad because all that is over for now, the last show was Friday, the boys are finally back home in LA, they won't be going on tour probably for the next two or three years, which is good because they definitely need a break, the all look really worn out and sick and Jared didn't really have voice anymore during the last few shows. But at the same time I fear that they will spilt up or not go on tour anymore ever again, I also fear that I might not be able to hold up the friendship with all the great people I met because the thing that we all shared (attending shows, going to meet and greets, etc...) is not there anymore. The excitement might fade away and you will loose contact.
I will enjoy this as long as it lasts and hope the changes in my life will last because most of them have been positive and if all of this will fade away at some point I still know I had the best freaking time in my life!!!!!
Irene
I had the time of my life today...it was such a great day and I am sad it is over. I am sitting on my couch now, posting on Facebook with my girls and wishing I could still be with them.
We had planned a Meeting in Nürnberg with a few Echelon at the end of October, not knowing it would be right after the last Mars Show, even before I started my crazy "4 week journey to Mars" or before I became such good friends with Patrizia and my emotional turmoil and everything.
As you can imagine my hubby was NOT amused when I reminded him this week, that the meeting is this weekend. Even more so when I told him a few of the girls would already be there friday night and that I will be going downtown to meet them at the Hostel they are staying at plus I won't be home saturday afternoon and evening. But to my surprise he was pretty cool with it after I let him do his thing all morning (he wanted to do some work in the backyard and finish one of his projects).
So on Friday I left when the kids went to bed and spend a few hours with the girls at the hostel, we talked and laughed and listened to Mars and chatted online with our friends on Facebook and I had a really, really good time. I met Patrizai again, who I hadn't seen for a whole week and totally missed. I also met Bine for the first time, we had been friends online for a while and we have had a lot of phone conferences with Patrizia. I already liked her a lot from just knowing her online because she is such a sweety and crazy and always in a happy mood.
Today I left when the kids went to take a nap after lunch and got to the restaurant we wanted to meet around 3 pm. 6 of the girls were already there, Jessi, Bine and Patrizia plus Nici,Tanja and Sandra. A while later 4 more girls came and we left to stroll through downtown for a while. We got something to drink and then took a few group pictures, also one while making a Human Triad. To explain what that is you have to know what a Triad is, it is one of the signs the band uses in their symbolism.
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I am sad because all that is over for now, the last show was Friday, the boys are finally back home in LA, they won't be going on tour probably for the next two or three years, which is good because they definitely need a break, the all look really worn out and sick and Jared didn't really have voice anymore during the last few shows. But at the same time I fear that they will spilt up or not go on tour anymore ever again, I also fear that I might not be able to hold up the friendship with all the great people I met because the thing that we all shared (attending shows, going to meet and greets, etc...) is not there anymore. The excitement might fade away and you will loose contact.
I will enjoy this as long as it lasts and hope the changes in my life will last because most of them have been positive and if all of this will fade away at some point I still know I had the best freaking time in my life!!!!!
Irene
Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2011
VyRT
Yes, you read that right, VyRT...but what does that mean? And no, I did not make up a new word or am talking to you in some weird ancient language.
VyRT is a new virtual experience, one that connects (or well, connected as it is already over) millions of people around the world, and I was part of it! I will let you guess what it is all about and if you followed me closely you will know that it has something to do with....yes, Mars....again!
30 Seconds to Mars broke a Guiness World Record yesterday, they played over 300 Shows in the course of two years on a Tour for only one album (called This is War). The first show was in November 2009 in Paris, France and the last one will be tomorrow, Dec. 9th in NYC, at St. Peter's of Celsea Cathedral. Yesterday was the last full show at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC and they celebrated it not only with their Fans there, they set up a Livestream online for everyone around the World to see. They called it VyRT and it was a virtual Ticket for the show. People could buy a code to log on to a website to follow the show and some backstage action before and after. Jared actually took his laptop on Stage with him and checked the chat messages during the show to see who is online and who is sending greetings and virtual hugs and the such.
As the Stream started at 6pm NYC-Time it was midnight here in Germany. As you might have noticed yesterday was Wednesday, so a regular weekday which meant today I had to go to WORK. So I hesitated for a while, and I also thought "hey, it's just a way to make money" and I didn't know if the Stream would work. But in the end I was curious and I didn't want to miss it because I knew a lot of my friends would be there too, we would all be sitting in front of our Laptops/PC's chatting and sharing the experience and we would be having phone conferences in the middle of the night laughing and crying and spending the last time for a long while together "attending" a concert. So I bought my ticket and yesterday I napped a bit after work and I went to bed a 9 pm to sleep a bit and got up again at 11:30pm. I turned on the Computer which is hooked up to the big flatscreen in the livingroom, I turned on my Laptop, got some M&M's and Diet Coke and watched. At some point Patrizia called and she had two other girls on the phone also so we talked and watched it together. It was a fascinating experience, sitting at home, on my couch, with my Mars Hoodie and Sweatpants, under my blanket, watching history in the making and sharing it with thousands of others and my new found friends.
There was some backstage footage right before the show and they showed the Opening Act (without sound, because of the Music rights though) and then more backstage footage and then the show! 90 Minutes plus some old school songs from their first album which they haven't played for ages...and then they brought two small kids on stage for the last song, awwww....that was soo cute. It was awesome until the last minute when all of a sudden Jared stopped singing and called Medics to the Pit Area in front of the stage. The room turned dark and you only saw some Medics and small lights. Everyone was shocked...it looked like a few girls fainted and one fell and hit her head on the metal barrier. She was carried away on a stretcher. Not a very nice end to a perfect evening but I heard she is doing OK. But nonetheless, it was awesome....a once in a lifetime experience and I am still sooo happy I attended. Even though I only slept two hours and am trying to survive today until I can go to bed at 8 pm to be more awake tomorrow for an important appointment at work.
30 Seconds to Mars have helped my go above and beyond myself and face my fears, it made me insecure, it made me cry like a baby and question everything I did in the last few years...but this journey and the last few months made me stronger, helped me focus more on myself again and brought me some great friends I wouldn't want to miss again. They help me and hold me and guide me and don't judge me...my Mars-Girls are awesome!!!
Irene
VyRT is a new virtual experience, one that connects (or well, connected as it is already over) millions of people around the world, and I was part of it! I will let you guess what it is all about and if you followed me closely you will know that it has something to do with....yes, Mars....again!
30 Seconds to Mars broke a Guiness World Record yesterday, they played over 300 Shows in the course of two years on a Tour for only one album (called This is War). The first show was in November 2009 in Paris, France and the last one will be tomorrow, Dec. 9th in NYC, at St. Peter's of Celsea Cathedral. Yesterday was the last full show at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC and they celebrated it not only with their Fans there, they set up a Livestream online for everyone around the World to see. They called it VyRT and it was a virtual Ticket for the show. People could buy a code to log on to a website to follow the show and some backstage action before and after. Jared actually took his laptop on Stage with him and checked the chat messages during the show to see who is online and who is sending greetings and virtual hugs and the such.
As the Stream started at 6pm NYC-Time it was midnight here in Germany. As you might have noticed yesterday was Wednesday, so a regular weekday which meant today I had to go to WORK. So I hesitated for a while, and I also thought "hey, it's just a way to make money" and I didn't know if the Stream would work. But in the end I was curious and I didn't want to miss it because I knew a lot of my friends would be there too, we would all be sitting in front of our Laptops/PC's chatting and sharing the experience and we would be having phone conferences in the middle of the night laughing and crying and spending the last time for a long while together "attending" a concert. So I bought my ticket and yesterday I napped a bit after work and I went to bed a 9 pm to sleep a bit and got up again at 11:30pm. I turned on the Computer which is hooked up to the big flatscreen in the livingroom, I turned on my Laptop, got some M&M's and Diet Coke and watched. At some point Patrizia called and she had two other girls on the phone also so we talked and watched it together. It was a fascinating experience, sitting at home, on my couch, with my Mars Hoodie and Sweatpants, under my blanket, watching history in the making and sharing it with thousands of others and my new found friends.
There was some backstage footage right before the show and they showed the Opening Act (without sound, because of the Music rights though) and then more backstage footage and then the show! 90 Minutes plus some old school songs from their first album which they haven't played for ages...and then they brought two small kids on stage for the last song, awwww....that was soo cute. It was awesome until the last minute when all of a sudden Jared stopped singing and called Medics to the Pit Area in front of the stage. The room turned dark and you only saw some Medics and small lights. Everyone was shocked...it looked like a few girls fainted and one fell and hit her head on the metal barrier. She was carried away on a stretcher. Not a very nice end to a perfect evening but I heard she is doing OK. But nonetheless, it was awesome....a once in a lifetime experience and I am still sooo happy I attended. Even though I only slept two hours and am trying to survive today until I can go to bed at 8 pm to be more awake tomorrow for an important appointment at work.
30 Seconds to Mars have helped my go above and beyond myself and face my fears, it made me insecure, it made me cry like a baby and question everything I did in the last few years...but this journey and the last few months made me stronger, helped me focus more on myself again and brought me some great friends I wouldn't want to miss again. They help me and hold me and guide me and don't judge me...my Mars-Girls are awesome!!!
Irene
Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2011
Did I say over?
Well, I was wrong....LOL...
my totally freaking amazing 30 Seconds to Mars-Journey didn't end in Frankfurt....it ended in Austria, in a way I had never expected it.
A few weeks before the last concerts in Germany the band announced they would add one more show in Austria before returning to the US. This show wasn't a regular Mars-Show, it was part of a Ski-Opning Party together with two other bands in a small village in the middle of a huge Skiing Area in the Austrian Mountains, about 400 km from were I live. My friend Patrizia ordered her ticket and tried to convince me to come. But as I had already planned the weekend in Vienna and then also won the ticket for France and knew there is a Fan-Meeting on Dec. 10th I told her no, it would have ment not spending time at home with my family for 4 weekends in a row shortly before christmas and I knew we would need to do christmas shopping. Plus I thought they wouldn't play a whole show (and the ticket were regular prices) and I didn't know or liked the other bands. Patrizia had organized to go to Austria with two other girls from our Facebook Group and also organized an apartment to sleep one night. So she was set to go...
The week before the show she was soo excited because they also had Tickets for an Aftershow Party (not one like in Vienna but still with a small chance to see the band there as guests). I was happy for her and never really thought about it...until the Friday before the show when one of the girls posted the timetable for the next night and it looked like they would in fact be playing a 90 minute show. I was sad....and I told my husband (who always rolls his eyes and sighs when I talk about Mars). During the course of the evening he somehow decided he wanted to make me happy (don't ask me what happened, and I won't ask him, I will just be happy and love him even more than before). He had to go to the gas station to buy some drinks and when he came back he told me "I put enough gas in the car so you can make it to Austria tomorrow, so how about calling Patrizia so she can organize a room and a ticket for you" I was stunned...totally! But I didn't want to go by myself, I hate driving by myself. So he told me he would come with me (just like in Vienna) or I should just ask some girls from my group to come...
...I'll spare you the details, it includes a million Facebook Posts and over an hour of Telephone-Conferences between me, Patrizia, Petra and another girl from the group. In the end we did it the following way:
Lolly from Hamburg (about 800km north of were I live) would pack Julia (also from Hamburg) in her car around 5 am to drive to Bielefeld (3 hours away) to meet Petra and change to her car. The three of them will drive down to my place (about 4 hours) to meet me and hop into my car to go to Austria (another 4 hours). On our way there we would have to stop in Salzburg to pick up two tickets for Julia and Lolly, Petra and me would get tickets from a FB-friend of one of the girls who was going with Patrizia (can you still follow me?). Somewhere in between posting about it on FB another girl from Berlin asked if we are REALLY going and said she was soooo jealous. So I told her she could come, there is still one seat left in my car. She would just have to be in Nürnberg by noon. For her it meant taking a train around 2 am and switch to connecting trains 4 times during the night (and spent about 10 hours on the train). I told her she can decided herself, I will keep the space for her. She just had to call me in the morning to tell me if she is coming and where to pick her up. I went to bed around midnight while the others still organized tickets, trains and the such.
Needless to say I couldn't sleep....I was nervous and excited and totally overwhelmed by my own courage and nerves to pull something like that off on such a short notice. I totally freaked and I am sure I would have cancelled it if I could have...but when I got up around 8:30 they were all already on their way. So I had to deal with a few minor nervous-breakdowns, a lot of crying, an upset stomach and a totally frustrated husband who didn't understand me and kept asking "what the f...k is your problem" LOL
I didn't have breakfast, I stayed in bed until the last minute, I refused to get dressed...I was scared to death by what I had started....seriously, I still don't understand why...but I had to deal with it and I knew that at least Patrizia and Petra knew about my "problem" with dealing with spontaneous situations so I knew it would all work out in the end. And my girls were great all day and night, not asking any questions, not shaking their heads in disbelieve, not looking at me in a funny way for feaking out and crying....the just hugged me and told me it will be OK and that they love me no matter what...that feeling is incredible, especially when you haven't met them before and hardly know them in person...
I picked up Virginia (from Berlin) around 12:30 pm from the train and the others got to my place around 1 pm. Hubby came home (he did part of the shopping we had planned to do together for the weekend by himself real quick) around 10 minutes later and we left. I did the first hour of driving but then couldn't concentrate anymore (lack of sleep) so Petra took over and we made it to Salzburg in 3 hours. Picked up tickets real quick and were in Schladming an hour later. I had organized a room for 5 in the same Guesthouse Patrizia had so we met the girls (who had taken the train earlier) there. We changed real quick, used the bathroom and left to drive down to the village. Doors opened at 7pm, Mars were to play at 10pm. The 3 other girls had VIP-Tickets and had organize another one for Virginia, the other four of us had regular tickets. Unfortunately we found out at the Venue that we would be standing in different areas...oh well, at least we would see each other later. My group went to get something to eat (well, the other three, I was still way to nervous and didn't feel like eating).
The show was awesome!!! The Venue was incredible, it was Open Air, despite the fact that it was freezing (only thing missing was real snow but the y had some fake one). The Stage was set in front of a downhill skiing Area and it looked incredible!!!! We didn't feel like going close to/standing in the crowd so we stayed in the back which was a set little higher than the Crowd Area and Stage. We had a great view and lots of space to jump and dance and go crazy (which we did!!!)
AND the girl I met in Frankfurt posted on Facebook, that a friend of her knows which hotel the band is staying at and she told us - so right after the show we went there and stood in front of it for TWO freaking hours in the freezing cold (0° Celcius). We saw the guitarist, the keyboarder and the Drum Assistant plus a whole lot of Crew but none of the boys. It was still a lot of fun because we were goofing around and taking a million group pictures and dreaming about what we would do if the guys showed up. So around 2 am we decided that the guys won't be coming out anymore and the group with the Aftershow Tickets would go party and my group would go back to the Guesthouse to sleep. We needed to get up around 8:30 to drive back and needed some rest, the others were taking the train and could sleep on the way back. Patrizia told us if they see one of the guys at the party she would call....well, we got into the car and were on our way and she called...Party was now free admission and the saw Shannon!!!! Oh well, we decided to give it a shot and agreed on staying 30 minutes. We got there and he was nowhere to be seen, so we danced a bit and left.
The next morning we were told that he in fact was there but in a small VIP-Area on a Balcony above the dancefloor (the Venue was three storys high), so the girls could see him but couldn't dance with him or talk. So I think going to bed was in fact the right decision.
When we got up the next morning the girls were so excited because they all hadn't really been to the mountains before (being from the north/northwest part of Germany), It made me laugh so hard to see them take pictures of the mountains and go all ahhh and ohhh about it.
We left around 9, got some breakfast and coffee and were back on the Autobahn around 10. The girls mostly slept while I did the driving but we also talked about the crazy weekend and how great spontaneous decisions are. Had to stop for gas once and were home around 1:30 pm. Took a last picture, let them use the bathroom and boom....it was over!
Now there is still one show left to attend, or well, there are a few, 4 to be exact, in NYC, starting today. But tomorrow there will be a special show, it's the Mars 300 Show, which is a Guiness Book World Record Show (most shows to play in the course of one Tour for one single Album). And the guys decided they would stream it live on the Web so everyone can attend. I bought a ticket (you pay 15 $ and get a code to enter the Livestream) and will be sitting on my couch tomorrow at midnight here in Germany to watch the last and record breaking show of my favourite band...I will love it...and enjoy it...and I will cry...I know that....but it's OK...
Irene
my totally freaking amazing 30 Seconds to Mars-Journey didn't end in Frankfurt....it ended in Austria, in a way I had never expected it.
A few weeks before the last concerts in Germany the band announced they would add one more show in Austria before returning to the US. This show wasn't a regular Mars-Show, it was part of a Ski-Opning Party together with two other bands in a small village in the middle of a huge Skiing Area in the Austrian Mountains, about 400 km from were I live. My friend Patrizia ordered her ticket and tried to convince me to come. But as I had already planned the weekend in Vienna and then also won the ticket for France and knew there is a Fan-Meeting on Dec. 10th I told her no, it would have ment not spending time at home with my family for 4 weekends in a row shortly before christmas and I knew we would need to do christmas shopping. Plus I thought they wouldn't play a whole show (and the ticket were regular prices) and I didn't know or liked the other bands. Patrizia had organized to go to Austria with two other girls from our Facebook Group and also organized an apartment to sleep one night. So she was set to go...
The week before the show she was soo excited because they also had Tickets for an Aftershow Party (not one like in Vienna but still with a small chance to see the band there as guests). I was happy for her and never really thought about it...until the Friday before the show when one of the girls posted the timetable for the next night and it looked like they would in fact be playing a 90 minute show. I was sad....and I told my husband (who always rolls his eyes and sighs when I talk about Mars). During the course of the evening he somehow decided he wanted to make me happy (don't ask me what happened, and I won't ask him, I will just be happy and love him even more than before). He had to go to the gas station to buy some drinks and when he came back he told me "I put enough gas in the car so you can make it to Austria tomorrow, so how about calling Patrizia so she can organize a room and a ticket for you" I was stunned...totally! But I didn't want to go by myself, I hate driving by myself. So he told me he would come with me (just like in Vienna) or I should just ask some girls from my group to come...
...I'll spare you the details, it includes a million Facebook Posts and over an hour of Telephone-Conferences between me, Patrizia, Petra and another girl from the group. In the end we did it the following way:
Lolly from Hamburg (about 800km north of were I live) would pack Julia (also from Hamburg) in her car around 5 am to drive to Bielefeld (3 hours away) to meet Petra and change to her car. The three of them will drive down to my place (about 4 hours) to meet me and hop into my car to go to Austria (another 4 hours). On our way there we would have to stop in Salzburg to pick up two tickets for Julia and Lolly, Petra and me would get tickets from a FB-friend of one of the girls who was going with Patrizia (can you still follow me?). Somewhere in between posting about it on FB another girl from Berlin asked if we are REALLY going and said she was soooo jealous. So I told her she could come, there is still one seat left in my car. She would just have to be in Nürnberg by noon. For her it meant taking a train around 2 am and switch to connecting trains 4 times during the night (and spent about 10 hours on the train). I told her she can decided herself, I will keep the space for her. She just had to call me in the morning to tell me if she is coming and where to pick her up. I went to bed around midnight while the others still organized tickets, trains and the such.
Needless to say I couldn't sleep....I was nervous and excited and totally overwhelmed by my own courage and nerves to pull something like that off on such a short notice. I totally freaked and I am sure I would have cancelled it if I could have...but when I got up around 8:30 they were all already on their way. So I had to deal with a few minor nervous-breakdowns, a lot of crying, an upset stomach and a totally frustrated husband who didn't understand me and kept asking "what the f...k is your problem" LOL
I didn't have breakfast, I stayed in bed until the last minute, I refused to get dressed...I was scared to death by what I had started....seriously, I still don't understand why...but I had to deal with it and I knew that at least Patrizia and Petra knew about my "problem" with dealing with spontaneous situations so I knew it would all work out in the end. And my girls were great all day and night, not asking any questions, not shaking their heads in disbelieve, not looking at me in a funny way for feaking out and crying....the just hugged me and told me it will be OK and that they love me no matter what...that feeling is incredible, especially when you haven't met them before and hardly know them in person...
I picked up Virginia (from Berlin) around 12:30 pm from the train and the others got to my place around 1 pm. Hubby came home (he did part of the shopping we had planned to do together for the weekend by himself real quick) around 10 minutes later and we left. I did the first hour of driving but then couldn't concentrate anymore (lack of sleep) so Petra took over and we made it to Salzburg in 3 hours. Picked up tickets real quick and were in Schladming an hour later. I had organized a room for 5 in the same Guesthouse Patrizia had so we met the girls (who had taken the train earlier) there. We changed real quick, used the bathroom and left to drive down to the village. Doors opened at 7pm, Mars were to play at 10pm. The 3 other girls had VIP-Tickets and had organize another one for Virginia, the other four of us had regular tickets. Unfortunately we found out at the Venue that we would be standing in different areas...oh well, at least we would see each other later. My group went to get something to eat (well, the other three, I was still way to nervous and didn't feel like eating).
The show was awesome!!! The Venue was incredible, it was Open Air, despite the fact that it was freezing (only thing missing was real snow but the y had some fake one). The Stage was set in front of a downhill skiing Area and it looked incredible!!!! We didn't feel like going close to/standing in the crowd so we stayed in the back which was a set little higher than the Crowd Area and Stage. We had a great view and lots of space to jump and dance and go crazy (which we did!!!)
AND the girl I met in Frankfurt posted on Facebook, that a friend of her knows which hotel the band is staying at and she told us - so right after the show we went there and stood in front of it for TWO freaking hours in the freezing cold (0° Celcius). We saw the guitarist, the keyboarder and the Drum Assistant plus a whole lot of Crew but none of the boys. It was still a lot of fun because we were goofing around and taking a million group pictures and dreaming about what we would do if the guys showed up. So around 2 am we decided that the guys won't be coming out anymore and the group with the Aftershow Tickets would go party and my group would go back to the Guesthouse to sleep. We needed to get up around 8:30 to drive back and needed some rest, the others were taking the train and could sleep on the way back. Patrizia told us if they see one of the guys at the party she would call....well, we got into the car and were on our way and she called...Party was now free admission and the saw Shannon!!!! Oh well, we decided to give it a shot and agreed on staying 30 minutes. We got there and he was nowhere to be seen, so we danced a bit and left.
The next morning we were told that he in fact was there but in a small VIP-Area on a Balcony above the dancefloor (the Venue was three storys high), so the girls could see him but couldn't dance with him or talk. So I think going to bed was in fact the right decision.
When we got up the next morning the girls were so excited because they all hadn't really been to the mountains before (being from the north/northwest part of Germany), It made me laugh so hard to see them take pictures of the mountains and go all ahhh and ohhh about it.
We left around 9, got some breakfast and coffee and were back on the Autobahn around 10. The girls mostly slept while I did the driving but we also talked about the crazy weekend and how great spontaneous decisions are. Had to stop for gas once and were home around 1:30 pm. Took a last picture, let them use the bathroom and boom....it was over!
Now there is still one show left to attend, or well, there are a few, 4 to be exact, in NYC, starting today. But tomorrow there will be a special show, it's the Mars 300 Show, which is a Guiness Book World Record Show (most shows to play in the course of one Tour for one single Album). And the guys decided they would stream it live on the Web so everyone can attend. I bought a ticket (you pay 15 $ and get a code to enter the Livestream) and will be sitting on my couch tomorrow at midnight here in Germany to watch the last and record breaking show of my favourite band...I will love it...and enjoy it...and I will cry...I know that....but it's OK...
Irene
Freitag, 2. Dezember 2011
It's over
...or, well I should better say they are over..."they" being the most awesome, wonderful, freaking best and amazing 10 days of my life (or well, recent life...like the last year or so). As I mentioned earlier (only once or twice LOL) I am a HUGE 30 Seconds to Mars Fan....I am an Echelon with all my heart and it is so great to be part of that wonderful family. It changed my life and myself and I am soooo glad about it!!!
After I went to the Concerts in August with my hubby who likes the music but isn't really a fan I decided I would go to the Concert in Frankfurt (which was last Monday) either alone or with my friend (who has never heard the music before). I only planned to go to that one Concert but in the end I also went to another one in France and an Aftershow Party in Austria...that's life I guess. And I took my friend and she liked it too....and this last Concert was soooo perfect because I also met some of my online friends in person...and they are even nicer than I thought they are!!!!
As I have been a housewife and mother for the last years, partying wasn't really on my schedule....I never thought I really missed it as much as I apparently did (from my student years) because I was so nervous and excited and overwhelmed at some points during those days...I had a few minor panic-attacks and was near a nervous breakdown once or twice. I am sooo glad I had one of my favourite girls with me, her name is Patrizia and she has become a really good friend in such a short period of time (it's only been a month or so)....PattyMaus if you read this....THANK YOU....especially for bearing with me during my "what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here"-Moment in the Crowd in France!!
But let me tell you a little more about those days. Let me take you on a crazy journey....one I will never ever forget, one that I hope will be repeated one day in the not too far away future...
Patrizia came to my place on Friday the 18th, hubby was on a company party that night so we had a nice girl evening, talking on the phone and chatting online with other friends and having some nice deep conversations...it was great to have her here and my kids also like her a lot. Saturday we left around noon to drive to France, about 450 km. We talked, listened to Mars and had a great time. The drive was easy until we got close to the border, we wanted something to eat but couldn't find a gas station and the exit we took from the Autobahn was a weird one because we couldn't enter the Autobahn again into our direction, so we had to take country roads to the next town ,which was riight at the border. I was hungry and tired and close to my first freak-out because things weren't going well, we got lost and were late. Only highlight: We decided to ask for the way and the only person within reach was a really cute guy on a construction site with nice brown eyes....! We made it to the hotel (way to late), checked in real quick, drove to the venue and called the french girl who had my ticket (remember I won my ticket). She was already inside so my friend went inside and got my ticket from her. We then stood with them in the first rows. I had a few more freak-out moments (overwhelmed with being "alone", away from home, because I won a free ticket to a Mars Show...and lots more) and then it started and everything was perfect....like always. As soon as the room got dark, Shannon started his drumming and Jared appeared in front of the Triad on Stage I was happy. I was there with a great friend, I didn't panic and backed out of the crowd. I stood my ground and it was freaking A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!! We unfortuantely didn't get the chance to see the guys after the show as the french Security kicked us out of the venue pretty fast....that would have made even more perfect! we waited in the Car for over an hour to leave the Parking Lot and had another nice, deep conversation...(and a few more tears from me)
One week later I was back on the road, this time with my hubby and kids...for a day (and freaking awesome night)-trip to Vienna, another 450 km into the other direction. We spend the day at the zoo as a family, had dinner, put the kids to bed at the hotel and I napped for two hours before getting up at 11pm to get ready to meet my girls at the Club. It was the Aftershow-Party for their vienna Concert (Ididn't get a ticket anymore on short notice so I skipped it) and Shannon Leto (Mars Drummer) and Antoine Becks (international DJ) were DJing and Drumming. One of the Echelon-Girls organized VIP-Entry and put us on the Guestlist, we had access to the VIP-Area behind the turntables and free drinks all night.
Let me tell you...Words can't describe this evening....I have never been a hardcore-fangirl, I never stalked stars, I was never a groupie....I always despised them. The blonde dumb girls who would do anything to be in the yellow press. I am not one of them....but I wanted to be near those guys, as close as possible. I "clawed" my way through (stepped on some feet and nudged some girls with my elbows) and ended up next to the DJ turntables. Close enough to touch them and to look into their eyes....and woah...let me tell me about those eyes....or no, go see for yourself....go to google and search for Shannon Leto, find a close up of him not wearing sunglasses, then find a close up of his body...and then imagine standing next to him, on the dancefloor, sweaty and sexy....now you know how I felt ALL evening!!! I was flashed, beyond words, I felt like I was 20 again....I want to repeat this night over and over again 8even now, a week later thinking about it gives me butterflies in my stomach!)! I came home to the hotel around 6 am...and the kids got up at 7:30, so it was a short night for me.... LOL
We went to the Vienna Christkindlmarket for breakfast and then were back on the road around noon. I slept early that night because I had to work on monday and then right after work met my friend Pascaline to drive to Frankfurt for the next Concert....the last one for a looong time....
We got there around 5 pm, found a parking spot pretty fast and walked up to the entrane. There were already a few people there but not as much as I thought. We got a spot in the crowd and had to wait a little more than an hour. I called some online friends and as soon as we were inside I saw a few. We stood with them, third row. I also saw the french girl (she went to about 20 shows in the last few weeks all over Europe) who gave me my ticket in Amneville. The Opening Acts were really bad....really, they hurt my ears. But I talked to a girl next to me, she was nice and friendly, it was her first concert and she was really excited. We talked almost the whole time and found out we live close to each other....how small the world is sometimes....so I made a new friend.
The Concert started around 9:15 and as always....as soon as the room turned dark and the first growling of the opening song started everyone screamed. And there it was... that feeling again...the bass inside my stomach, the drums beating together with my heartbeat, the voice of Jared, the fans screaming and jumping, knowing the words by heart....being a part of that is one of the most awesome feeling ever. I loved being in the crowd, singing, screaming, jumping, sweating....no matter how much I freak or panic or think "this is not me - I am too old for this!"...all of that stops with the first sound of the music.....I jumped, I screamed, I sang and in the end I stood in the first row for the last song....it was the perfect end to a perfect time of my life!!!!
I wanted to go to the next Concert in Cologne the next day sooo bad, but that didn't work out (work, tickets, taking my friend back home from Frankfurt, etc...)...I was bummed and sad but at the same time crazy happy. The Concert was awesome, meeting so many people was awesome, finding new friends was awesome, becoming a "new" me during the last few months, being happier than before (despite being sad because the guys are taking a long break)...it's over for now, which makes me cry...but the fact that happened in the first place makes me smile nonetheless....
This post is for all my new friends and sisters....
- Patty
- Mara
- Petra (x2)
- Sally
- Jessi
- Paula
....and all the others.....
I ♥ you!!!
After I went to the Concerts in August with my hubby who likes the music but isn't really a fan I decided I would go to the Concert in Frankfurt (which was last Monday) either alone or with my friend (who has never heard the music before). I only planned to go to that one Concert but in the end I also went to another one in France and an Aftershow Party in Austria...that's life I guess. And I took my friend and she liked it too....and this last Concert was soooo perfect because I also met some of my online friends in person...and they are even nicer than I thought they are!!!!
As I have been a housewife and mother for the last years, partying wasn't really on my schedule....I never thought I really missed it as much as I apparently did (from my student years) because I was so nervous and excited and overwhelmed at some points during those days...I had a few minor panic-attacks and was near a nervous breakdown once or twice. I am sooo glad I had one of my favourite girls with me, her name is Patrizia and she has become a really good friend in such a short period of time (it's only been a month or so)....PattyMaus if you read this....THANK YOU....especially for bearing with me during my "what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here"-Moment in the Crowd in France!!
But let me tell you a little more about those days. Let me take you on a crazy journey....one I will never ever forget, one that I hope will be repeated one day in the not too far away future...
Patrizia came to my place on Friday the 18th, hubby was on a company party that night so we had a nice girl evening, talking on the phone and chatting online with other friends and having some nice deep conversations...it was great to have her here and my kids also like her a lot. Saturday we left around noon to drive to France, about 450 km. We talked, listened to Mars and had a great time. The drive was easy until we got close to the border, we wanted something to eat but couldn't find a gas station and the exit we took from the Autobahn was a weird one because we couldn't enter the Autobahn again into our direction, so we had to take country roads to the next town ,which was riight at the border. I was hungry and tired and close to my first freak-out because things weren't going well, we got lost and were late. Only highlight: We decided to ask for the way and the only person within reach was a really cute guy on a construction site with nice brown eyes....! We made it to the hotel (way to late), checked in real quick, drove to the venue and called the french girl who had my ticket (remember I won my ticket). She was already inside so my friend went inside and got my ticket from her. We then stood with them in the first rows. I had a few more freak-out moments (overwhelmed with being "alone", away from home, because I won a free ticket to a Mars Show...and lots more) and then it started and everything was perfect....like always. As soon as the room got dark, Shannon started his drumming and Jared appeared in front of the Triad on Stage I was happy. I was there with a great friend, I didn't panic and backed out of the crowd. I stood my ground and it was freaking A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!! We unfortuantely didn't get the chance to see the guys after the show as the french Security kicked us out of the venue pretty fast....that would have made even more perfect! we waited in the Car for over an hour to leave the Parking Lot and had another nice, deep conversation...(and a few more tears from me)
One week later I was back on the road, this time with my hubby and kids...for a day (and freaking awesome night)-trip to Vienna, another 450 km into the other direction. We spend the day at the zoo as a family, had dinner, put the kids to bed at the hotel and I napped for two hours before getting up at 11pm to get ready to meet my girls at the Club. It was the Aftershow-Party for their vienna Concert (Ididn't get a ticket anymore on short notice so I skipped it) and Shannon Leto (Mars Drummer) and Antoine Becks (international DJ) were DJing and Drumming. One of the Echelon-Girls organized VIP-Entry and put us on the Guestlist, we had access to the VIP-Area behind the turntables and free drinks all night.
Let me tell you...Words can't describe this evening....I have never been a hardcore-fangirl, I never stalked stars, I was never a groupie....I always despised them. The blonde dumb girls who would do anything to be in the yellow press. I am not one of them....but I wanted to be near those guys, as close as possible. I "clawed" my way through (stepped on some feet and nudged some girls with my elbows) and ended up next to the DJ turntables. Close enough to touch them and to look into their eyes....and woah...let me tell me about those eyes....or no, go see for yourself....go to google and search for Shannon Leto, find a close up of him not wearing sunglasses, then find a close up of his body...and then imagine standing next to him, on the dancefloor, sweaty and sexy....now you know how I felt ALL evening!!! I was flashed, beyond words, I felt like I was 20 again....I want to repeat this night over and over again 8even now, a week later thinking about it gives me butterflies in my stomach!)! I came home to the hotel around 6 am...and the kids got up at 7:30, so it was a short night for me.... LOL
We went to the Vienna Christkindlmarket for breakfast and then were back on the road around noon. I slept early that night because I had to work on monday and then right after work met my friend Pascaline to drive to Frankfurt for the next Concert....the last one for a looong time....
We got there around 5 pm, found a parking spot pretty fast and walked up to the entrane. There were already a few people there but not as much as I thought. We got a spot in the crowd and had to wait a little more than an hour. I called some online friends and as soon as we were inside I saw a few. We stood with them, third row. I also saw the french girl (she went to about 20 shows in the last few weeks all over Europe) who gave me my ticket in Amneville. The Opening Acts were really bad....really, they hurt my ears. But I talked to a girl next to me, she was nice and friendly, it was her first concert and she was really excited. We talked almost the whole time and found out we live close to each other....how small the world is sometimes....so I made a new friend.
The Concert started around 9:15 and as always....as soon as the room turned dark and the first growling of the opening song started everyone screamed. And there it was... that feeling again...the bass inside my stomach, the drums beating together with my heartbeat, the voice of Jared, the fans screaming and jumping, knowing the words by heart....being a part of that is one of the most awesome feeling ever. I loved being in the crowd, singing, screaming, jumping, sweating....no matter how much I freak or panic or think "this is not me - I am too old for this!"...all of that stops with the first sound of the music.....I jumped, I screamed, I sang and in the end I stood in the first row for the last song....it was the perfect end to a perfect time of my life!!!!
I wanted to go to the next Concert in Cologne the next day sooo bad, but that didn't work out (work, tickets, taking my friend back home from Frankfurt, etc...)...I was bummed and sad but at the same time crazy happy. The Concert was awesome, meeting so many people was awesome, finding new friends was awesome, becoming a "new" me during the last few months, being happier than before (despite being sad because the guys are taking a long break)...it's over for now, which makes me cry...but the fact that happened in the first place makes me smile nonetheless....
This post is for all my new friends and sisters....
- Patty
- Mara
- Petra (x2)
- Sally
- Jessi
- Paula
....and all the others.....
I ♥ you!!!
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